World Architecture Community
DECEMBER 4, 2023
Huizhen High School designed by Approach Design Studio/Zhejiang University of Technology Engineering Design Group in China has been named as the World Building of the Year at the ”' World Architecture Festival (WAF).On December a, the ultimate accolades of World Buildin.
ArchDaily
DECEMBER 5, 2023
Continuum, installation by artist Krista Kim. Image © Krista Kim In 2022, a wider audience gained access to unexpectedly powerful AI tools, including Stable Diffusion, Midjourney, and DALL-E 2 for text-to-image generation, as well as the human-like chatbot OpenGPT. One year later, pundits, organizations, and governments have stated these technologies will pose profound risks to society and humanity—from automation-spurred job loss to disrupting democratic processes to the automatization of weapo
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Deezen
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Colour specialist Pantone has announced Peach Fuzz as its 2024 colour of the year , a subtle orangey hue that was chosen to express a yearning for community and cosiness during uncertain times. Pantone 13-1023 Peach Fuzz was described by the Pantone Colour Institute as "softly nestled between pink and orange". Top: image is by The Development. Above: Peach Fuzz is the Pantone Colour of the Year 2024 "Peach Fuzz is a compassionate and nurturing soft peach shade whose heartfelt kindness and a
Avontuura
DECEMBER 3, 2023
Azabudai Hills is an expression of the new: its deconstruction of the podium, its environmental mission, flowing forms and new plants. The post Heatherwick Studio complete new Azabudai Hills district in the heart of Tokyo appeared first on Åvontuura.
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Archinect
DECEMBER 6, 2023
The U.S. Department of Transportation has announced $6.1 billion in funding for two high-speed rail projects in Nevada and California that will make history upon their respective completions at the end of the decade. Both the $8 billion Brightline West plan connecting Southern California to Las Vegas and the California High-Speed Rail project between Los Angeles and San Francisco will receive a total of $3 billion and $3.07 billion each.
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Deezen
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Architecture studio Snøhetta and engineer Tor Helge Dokka have created House Dokka, a mass-timber home that perches on a hillside in Kongsberg, Norway. House Dokka comprises a stack of two timber-clad volumes, supported by large wooden stilts drilled into the rocky, tree-lined landscape. According to Snøhetta and Dokka, who was also the client for the project, it is intended to resemble a "floating treehouse".
World Architecture Community
DECEMBER 4, 2023
Landscape of the Year went to the project, titled Benjakitti Forest Park: Transforming a Brownfield into an Urban Ecological Sanctuary, designed by TURENSCAPE and Arsomsilp Community and Environmental Architect in Thailand.World Architecture Festival took place at Marina Bay Sand.
Archinect
DECEMBER 6, 2023
Zaha Hadid Architects has shared photos of its newly inaugurated Zhuhai Jinwan Civic Art Centre in southern China. The project integrates three separate facilities for art, scientific education, and culture into one coherent design with a 1,200-seat grand theater, 500-seat Black Box theater, science center, and art museum arranged symmetrically on a central axis.
ArchDaily
DECEMBER 8, 2023
© L. Mykolaitis, L. Garbačauskas architects: Architectural Bureau G.Natkevicius & Partners Location: Žvirgždyno g., Vilnius, 01205 Vilniaus m. sav., Lithuania Project Year: 2023 Photographs: L. Mykolaitis, L. Garbačauskas Area: 249.
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Deezen
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Four angular wings with steel canopies form Zhuhai Jinwan Civic Art Centre, which British studio Zaha Hadid Architects has completed on an artificial lake in China. Located within the ZhongXin Lake in Zhuhai, the centre is characterised by its sweeping roofscape, which Zaha Hadid Architects modelled on the chevron-shaped flight formations of migratory birds in southern China.
The Architect's Newsletter
DECEMBER 8, 2023
The storied history of Detroit’s Book Tower and Book Building begins with their architect, Louis Kamper. Dubbed a “cake decorator” by local press, he collaborated with the zealous Book brothers The post ODA’s restoration of Detroit’s Book Tower reveals a storied past appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.
Archinect
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Herzog & de Meuron has been announced as the winner of an international competition to design a new art storage facility for Seoul, called Seoripul Open Storage Museum. The contest was overseen by Seoul’s metropolitan government and involved an exhaustive community input process that saw over 850 citizens participate in the presentation and public vetting of designs from seven leading international firms.
ArchDaily
DECEMBER 7, 2023
© The Fishy Project architects: Openideas Architects Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India Project Year: 2023 Photographs: The Fishy Project Area: 22000.
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Deezen
DECEMBER 8, 2023
From a non-denominational temple to Europe's tallest modular residential tower, we select 10 of this year's most notable architecture projects in the UK as part of our 2023 review. This year's roundup of the most popular and interesting projects UK architecture featured on Dezeen also features award-winning homes , including a remote house in Ayrshire named Scotland's best new building and a London home with a bamboo-planted facade that was awarded RIBA's House of the Year.
The Architect's Newsletter
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Brought to you by: Architect: Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) Location: New York Completion Date: 2023 View More Project Info Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) is responsible for the latest addition to The post BIG unveils The Spiral, a glass tower wrapped with climbing balconies appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.
Archinect
DECEMBER 2, 2023
Two weeks after London Mayor Sadiq Khan announced his refusal of planning permissions for the controversial MSG Sphere development planned in East London, the UK’s housing chief has issued a rebuke that may leave some glimmer of hope for the project’s eventual realization. Several UK-based outlets are now reporting that Housing Secretary Michael Gove has asked the London Legacy Development Corporation to have the plans reviewed personally by his office before a final decision can be
ArchDaily
DECEMBER 4, 2023
Cabin Modules / IR arquitectura. Image © Bujnovsky Tamas Solar heating has existed in architecture since ancient times, when people used adobe and stone walls to trap heat during the day and slowly release it at night. In its modern form , however, solar heating first developed in the 1920s, when European architects began experimenting with passive solar methods in mass housing.
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Deezen
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry has unveiled 11 limited-edition handbags for fashion brand Louis Vuitton at Art Basel Miami Beach during Miami art week. Named Louis Vuitton x Frank Gehry, the collection contains bags informed by the Canadian-American architect's buildings and by animals. They were displayed at Art Basel Miami Beach in an installation featuring several of Gehry's previous pieces for the brand.
Architectural Record
DECEMBER 6, 2023
Three new residence halls and an academic center rise on a redwoods-cloaked California campus conceived by Charles Moore and William Turnbull Jr. in the 1960s.
Archinect
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Pantone has selected "Peach Fuzz" as its official Color of the Year for 2024. Twelve months after announcing " Viva Magenta " as its selection for 2023, the New Jersey-based company continued with the springtime palette with a light and bright color they claim will have an impact on an increasingly turbulent and divisive world. "In seeking a hue that echoes our innate yearning for closeness and connection, we chose a color radiant with warmth and modern elegance," the Pantone Color Institute&rsq
ArchDaily
DECEMBER 6, 2023
© Umang Shah architects: SPASM Design Architects Location: Nandgaon, Maharashtra 402401, India Project Year: 2020 Photographs: Umang Shah Area: 8050.
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Deezen
DECEMBER 4, 2023
The polycarbonate-lined Green House that architecture studio Hayhurst & Co slotted into a tight site in London has been named the RIBA 's House of the Year for 2023. Replacing an existing home in an alleyway in Tottenham, the plant and light-filled residence is modelled on a riad – a type of traditional Moroccan house built around a central courtyard.
Landscape Architecture Magazine
DECEMBER 7, 2023
In Atlanta, a 30-year-old experimental garden finds a new, and more contextual, home. By Timothy A. Schuler Planted in drifts, the meadow was regraded to divert stormwater into the outcrop’s spiral pool. Courtesy Lord Aeck Sargent. Trees Atlanta’s new headquarters has the requisite office and program space, including an implementation yard and tree nursery, but with more than 55 tree species and the installation of an experimental landscape artwork, the endeavor was, in many ways, “more of a la
Archinect
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Büro Ole Scheeren has won a competition for the design of Tencent’s global headquarters in Shenzhen. Having been awarded the commission, Scheeren saw off competition from practices including Herzog & de Meuron , Heatherwick Studio , Bjarke Ingels Group , Snøhetta , OMA , Kengo Kuma , Zaha Hadid Architects , and Foster + Partners.
ArchDaily
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Climat de France, Algeria. Image © Ath Salem/Flickr The Climat de France is a French colonial social housing project in Algeria designed by Fernand Pouillon and currently renamed Oued Koriche. Located approximately 8km west of the country’s capital, Algiers, it was built from 1954 to 1957, right in the middle of the Algerian War of Independence. The project has several buildings with different scales.
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